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UKPGS 2026 Programme 
23rd January 2026

CPD = 8 self-accredited points (Royal College for Ophthalmologists)

08:00 - 09:00  

Registration & Refreshments

Ready yourself for a day of being immersed in paediatric glaucoma research and clinical topics 

09:00 - 09:10  

President's Welcome

Joe Abbott, Birmingham, UK

09:10 - 10:10

SESSION 1 - Clinical Assessment Research

CO-CHAIRS: 

Session introduction
1 - Iridocorneal Angle Assessment in Children with a History of Retinopathy of Prematurity    

Murat Gunay, Trabzon, Turkey


2  - Normative Axial Length Growth Curves in Term and Preterm Infants: Establishing Normative Growth Curves for Clinical Evaluation

Sushmita Kaushik, Chandigarh, India


3 - Validation of Corneal Compensated Intraocular Pressure Assessment in Children using the Ocular Response Analyzer    

Matthew Javitt, Baltimore, USA


4 - Measuring Visual Fields in Children with Glaucoma using Baby Vision Screener (BaViS)

Yashas Goyal,  Visakhapatnam, India


5  - Improving Peediatric Glaucoma Surveillance Without Anesthesia: A Clinical Comparison of iCare IC200 Tonometry During Natural Sleep and Under General Anaesthesia    

Cansu Yuksel Elgin, Istanbul, Turkey


6 - Corneal Hysteresis in Childhood Glaucoma

Daniel M. Vu, Boston, USA


7 - AS-OCT insights in Early-onset Glaucoma in Sturge-Weber Syndrome    

Shivangi Yadav, Chandigarh, India


8 - Assessment of Inter-Device Agreement for Optic Nerve Head Parameters Between Hand-Held and Table-Top OCT in Pediatric Glaucoma    

Joe Abbott, Birmingham, UK
 

09:59 - 10:10: Discussion Panel

10:10 -10:50

SESSION 2 - Tube Symposium

CO-CHAIRS: 

Session introduction
9 - Preserflo/Baerveldt350 Combination with Mitomicin: Working Towards the Optimal Glaucoma Drainage Device    

Christopher Lyons, Vancouver, Canada


10 - Under-explored but Promising: Umbilical Cord Allograft in Paediatric AGV Surgery    

Rashmi Krishnamurthy, Hyderabad, India


11 - A ten-year Study of Baerveldt Glaucoma Drainage Device in an Australian Paediatric Population    

Cindy Liu, Brisbane, AUS


12 - Paul Glaucoma Implant Operation after Failed Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation in Patients with Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Serhat Imamoglu, Istanbul, Turkey


13 - Combined Ahmed Valve and Pars Plana Vitrectomy in Pediatric Glaucoma: Clinical Outcomes

Sofia Machado, Porto, Portugal


14 - Retrospective Review of Scleral-Tunnelled, Graft-Free Tube Implantation of Glaucoma Drainage Devices (ST-GDD) in Children    

Ray Areaux, Minnesota, USA

10:42 - 10:50: Discussion Panel

10:50 - 11:20 TEA/COFFEE, POSTERS, EXHIBITION

11:20 - 12:00

SESSION 3 - Clinical Practice 

CO-CHAIRS: 

Session introduction
15 - Lessons Learnt – Paediatric Glaucoma Pearls from across the Globe

Cindy Liu, Brisbane, AUS


16 - Quality of Life in Children with Glaucoma and their Caregivers in Rural South India

Manju Aanilkumar, Madurai, India


17 - Home Tonometry in Pediatric Glaucoma: Caregivers’ Experience of iCare HOME    

Sofia Machado, Porto, Portugal

   
18 - Analysis of Late-Diagnosed Pediatric Glaucoma Cases at Two Academic Institutions

Christine Xu, Sacramento, USA


19 - Balancing Safety and Activity: Sports Participation in Children with Pediatric Glaucoma and Ocular Disease    

Marie Michele Macaron, Miami, USA


20 - Temporal Trends in Childhood Glaucoma Admissions: Analyses of NHS Administrative Data

Yasmin Adelekan-Kamara, London, UK
 

11:51 - 12:00: Discussion Panel

12:00 - 12:25

Guest Lecture: Child protection in Paediatric Ophthalmology
Prof. Patrick Watts

Cardiff, UK

​12:25 - 13:15 LUNCH, POSTERS, EXHIBITION               

UKPGS Group Photo- 12:25 - 12:30 

13:15 - 13:45

SESSION 4 - Angle Surgery

CO-CHAIRS: 

Session introduction
21 - GATT in Glaucoma following Congenital Cataract Surgery: Is Success Possible?

Cansu Yuksel Elgin,  Istanbul, Turkey

22 - A Rare Complication, An Unconventional Solution: GATT as Rescue for Urrets-Zavalia

Cansu Yuksel Elgin, Istanbul, Turkey

23 - Gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy in children with aphakia : A case series

Murat Gunay, Trabzon, Turkey

24 - Two-Year Outcomes of Gonioscopy-Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy (GATT) in Early Childhood Glaucoma in India

Avilasha Mohapatra, Chandigarh, India

25 - A New Device for Canaloplasty and Goniotomy in Pediatric Glaucoma and two Different Surgical Techniques

Elena Bitrian, Miami, USA

13:36 - 13:45: Discussion Panel

13:45- 14:25

SESSION 5 - Case Presentations

CO-CHAIRS: 

Session introduction
26 - A rare case of Carbonic Anhydrase 5A Deficiency with Primary Congenital Glaucoma

Vyshak Suresh, Chandigarh, India

27 - Small Eye, No Window:  Tackling the Triple Challenge of Ocular Anomalies

Yashas Goyal, Visakhapatnam, India

28 - Clear Corneal Lensectomy: Novel way of Managing Ectopia Lentis in Traboulsi Syndrome

Indu Pavani Velamala, Hyderabad, India

29 - To Operate or not to Operate: Can Genomics help in Traboulsi?

Shubham Manchanda, Chandigarh, India

30 - Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome Misdiagnosed as Iris Coloboma

Marie Michele Macaron, Miami, USA

31 - One Diagnosis is not Enough: SLC4A11 - Confirmed Congenital Hereditary Endothelial Dystrophy with Co-inherited Glaucoma

Bavnesh Sond, Birmingham, UK

32 - Congenital Onset Glaucoma with Imperforate Pupil

Rashmi Krishnamurthy, Hyderabad, India

14:14 - 14:25: Discussion Panel

14:25 - 15:10

SESSION 6 - Research - Rapid Fire

CO-CHAIRS: 

Session introduction
33 - Screening for Glaucoma in Children with Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP): A Pilot Study

Manju Aanilkumar, Madurai, India

34 - Childhood Glaucoma and Coloboma: A Case Series

Alejandro Marin, Miami, USA

35 - Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Glaucoma in Eyes with Biallelic LTBP2-Associated Ectopia Lentis

Indu Pavani Velamala, Hyderabad, India

36 - Neovascular Glaucoma in Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy: A Late-Stage Complication with Poor Visual Prognosis

Yashas Goyal, Visakhapatnam, India

37 - Management of Traumatic Hyphaema-Associated Ocular Hypertension in Pediatric Sickle Cell Patients

Marie Michele Macaron, Miami, USA

38  -Glaucoma Management in Children with Stickler Syndrome

Brenda Bohnsack, Chicago, USA

39 - Evaluating the Role of RNFL Thickness in the Diagnosis of Paediatric Glaucoma

Shahmeer Noori, Uxbridge, UK

40 - Visual Outcomes and Associated Risk Factors for Blindness in Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome

Kasem Seresirikachorn, Miami, USA

14:58 - 15:10: Discussion Panel

15:30 - 15:40

CGRN Update

​Proceeded by 15:10 - 15:30 TEA/COFFEE, POSTERS, EXHIBITION

15:40 - 16:20

SESSION 7 - Genetics

CO-CHAIRS: 

Session introduction
41 - Interventions in Severe Anterior Segment Dysgenesis and Glaucoma

Alejandro Marin, Miami, USA

42 - Congenital Aniridia and its Clinical Spectrum: A Phenotypic and Genotypic Perspective

Rashmi Krishnamurthy, Hyderabad, India

43 - Unilateral Primary Congenital Glaucoma: Yield of Genotyping and Their Clinical Outcomes

Rashmi Krishnamurthy, Hyderabad, India

44 - Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome: Genetics and Glaucoma Outcomes

Brenda Bohnsack, Chicago, USA

45 - Novel Insights into CPAMD8 Variants Causing Congenital and Juvenile Onset Glaucoma

Indu Pavani Velamala, Hyderabad, India

46 - Protein Folding Changes in the Common p.Arg368His CYP1B1 Variant

Nicky Cronbach, London, UK

47 - Genetic Variants Through Exome Sequencing in Spanish Patients Affected by Primary Congenital Glaucoma and Juvenile Open-Angle Glaucoma

Sara Labay Tejado, Barcelona, Spain

16:09 - 16:20: Discussion Panel

16:20 - 16:55

SESSION 8 - VIDEO SYMPOSIUM

CO-CHAIRS

Session introduction
48 - A Modified Near-Circumferential Suture Trabeculotomy Combined with Deep Sclerectomy to Prevent Iris Prolapse in Primary Congenital Glaucoma

Raziye Dönmez Gün, Istanbul, Turkey

49 - Combined Trabeculotomy with Trabeculectomy in a Highly Stretched Limbus: A Short Video

Vaibhav Jain, Lucknow, India

50 - Pearls and Considerations for Ectropion Uveae Surgical Management

Basant Mahmoud, Miami, USA

51 - Beyond Sight

Manju Aanilkumar, Madurai, India

52 - Trans-Capsular Supramid Suture Removal: A Safe Approach for Late Suture Removal when Traditional Approaches have Failed

Nisheeta Patnaik, Birmingham, UK

53 - Navigating Complex Anatomy: Primary Drainage Device implantation in a Phakic Child with Aniridia

Vyshak Suresh, Chandigarh, India

16:45 - 16:55: Discussion Panel

16:55-17:05

Prizes and Acknowledgements  

UKPGS Committee

17:10-17:50

NOEL RICE LECTURE

Shaping the Future of Paediatric Glaucoma: A Journey towards Personalisation and Hope!

Prof. Sirisha Senthil

Head VST Centre for Glaucoma Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, India

17:50 - 18:00

President's Closing Comments  

Joe Abbott, Birmingham, UK

18:00 - 20:00

 Drinks and Dinner (Ticket entry only)

 Drinks and and a 2-course buffet dinner

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